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NASCAR officials announced that Aaron Fike, a driver in the Truck Series who was suspended for drug use in 2007, has been reinstated.
"NASCAR has reinstated driver Aaron Fike upon his successful completion of NASCAR's Substance Abuse Policy Road to Recovery Program. Fike had been indefinitely suspended from NASCAR July 11, 2007 for actions detrimental to stock car racing," according to a statement issued by the sanctioning body.
His suspension arose out of an arrest in a parking lot in Kings Island, an amusement complex in Ohio. According to an ESPN.com article a police search turned up black tar heroin.
"I think people will say, 'Good.' That he cleaned up his act and got his life back in order and they will be very happy for Aaron," Tom DeLoach (Fike's former team owner) said in a NASCAR.Com interview. "I think there's a very positive humanitarian side to this that you can't disregard.
The 29-year old Fike has no offers for a future drives, but, NASCAR anti-drug abuse officials told NASCAR.com that he would be “aggressively tested,” as required by the Road to Recovery Program.
Thirty-eight drivers and crew chiefs have had their licenses suspended while 16 (including Fike) have been reinstated. Very recently driver AJ Allmendinger was one of those 38 and he has started to participate in the Road to Recovery Program.
"NASCAR has reinstated driver Aaron Fike upon his successful completion of NASCAR's Substance Abuse Policy Road to Recovery Program. Fike had been indefinitely suspended from NASCAR July 11, 2007 for actions detrimental to stock car racing," according to a statement issued by the sanctioning body.
His suspension arose out of an arrest in a parking lot in Kings Island, an amusement complex in Ohio. According to an ESPN.com article a police search turned up black tar heroin.
"I think people will say, 'Good.' That he cleaned up his act and got his life back in order and they will be very happy for Aaron," Tom DeLoach (Fike's former team owner) said in a NASCAR.Com interview. "I think there's a very positive humanitarian side to this that you can't disregard.
The 29-year old Fike has no offers for a future drives, but, NASCAR anti-drug abuse officials told NASCAR.com that he would be “aggressively tested,” as required by the Road to Recovery Program.
Thirty-eight drivers and crew chiefs have had their licenses suspended while 16 (including Fike) have been reinstated. Very recently driver AJ Allmendinger was one of those 38 and he has started to participate in the Road to Recovery Program.